The Walking Dead Episode 3 Hits Soon

The Walking Dead: Long Road Ahead features two new survivors for Lee to worry about.

Last week Telltale Games was kind enough to confirm an iOS release date for Episode 2 of its point-and-click The Walking Dead series. Now it's saying that Long Road Ahead is due any day, and could be out as early as September. Two new survivors will be introduced in this episode, and events post-farm will be explored.

"Episode Three: Long Road Ahead is in submission with our first party partners and we are anxiously awaiting a release date to be confirmed," said Telltale. "We anticipate that this could be as soon as next week, and as soon as we have a confirmation on all platforms, we'll be letting everyone know as soon as it happens." Presumably confirmation on all platforms means iOS too, which will make a pleasant change from last time.

The new survivors are Christa and Omid, but little more than their names is known about them; they could be Carly and Doug redux, or something completely different. The Walking Dead is known for its inter-group dynamic, and by the time Long Road Ahead hits the group may be in full meltdown. Who will be next on the zombie menu? There's only one way to find out ...